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Old English tellan ‘relate, count, estimate’, of Germanic origin; related to German zählen ‘reckon, count’, erzählen ‘recount, relate’, also to tale.

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From Middle English tolde, talde(first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde(first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną(“to count; tell”), equivalent to tell +‎ -ed.

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told

past tense and past participle of tell (v.), from Old English tealde, past tense of tellan.